Arte allusiva e mitologia astrale in Epigr. Bob. 29 Sp.

Abstract

Summary – The following paper presents an interpretative hypothesis on Epigr. Bob. 29 Sp. which fits in the cultural debate on the reception of Aratus’ Φαινόμενα with elements of rhetorical variatio. Under the influence of Greek epigrams on animals which emphasized the element of Wonder and Absurd, the γρῖφος of the Greek model, AP 9, 18, is revised with stylistic variations and developed, at v. 4, translating the singular ἀστερόεντα κύνα with the plural sideribus canibus which fully implies astronomical connotations.